Fiction
Hadriana in All My Dreams
Included in "10 Best New Books to Read This May," Chicago Review of Books. "Originally published in 1988 and written by one of Haiti’s seminal authors, still with us at age 90, this vibrant, erotically charged work shows how humans...
$18.95
Grace
"Extremely deserving of its title, this gorgeous, meditative book is a graceful rendering of one couple's journeys and explorations toward and away from each other. A moving love story, it shows us how a deferred dream can erode a marriage...
$17.95
God Carlos
A Finalist for the 2014 Townsend Prize for Fiction!God Carlos has been long-listed for the OMC Bocas Prize for Caribbean Literature in Trinidad."A gusty, boisterous, and entertaining slice of historical fiction. In scenes of a mixture of pride, madness, and comedy,...
$15.99
Glorious
"The seeming inevitability of cruel fate juxtaposes the triumph of the spirit in this remarkably rich and powerful novel, Glorious. Bernice McFadden's fully realized characters are complicated, imperfect beings, but if ever a character were worthy of love and honor, it...
$15.95
Getting It Right
"Osborne explores questions of race, privilege, and family loyalties without offering any false, easy answers for her two protagonists."--Booklist "Looking for an edge-of-your-seat suspense yarn? You won't find a more absorbing story than Getting It Right...In it we get to know...
$15.95
Every Boy Should Have a Man (HB)
Nominated for the 2014 Hurston/Wright Legacy Award in Fiction!A Chicago Tribune Noteworthy Fiction Pick for 2013"Allen's concise book's power lies within its understated irony, never more heavy-handed than a preacher’s admonition that 'a world without mans is a world without us all.'...
$23.95
Every Boy Should Have a Man: A Novel
Nominated for the 2014 Hurston/Wright Legacy Award in Fiction!A Chicago Tribune Noteworthy Fiction Pick for 2013"Allen's concise book's power lies within its understated irony, never more heavy-handed than a preacher’s admonition that 'a world without mans is a world without us all.'...
$15.95
Drifting
"An arresting account of the contemporary Haitian-American experience."--Publishers Weekly"This novel in short stories will appeal to readers of literary and Caribbean fiction."--Library Journal"Ulysse displaces and redeems her characters with formidable skill, while her precise cuts through all preconceptions....Intense and necessary."--Booklist"Humanity...
$15.95
Discretion: A Novel
A main selection of the Black Expressions Book Club. "Refreshingly ambitious in its intellectual scope."--New York Times Book Review "A captivating tale of Oufoula Sindede, an African diplomat in a passionless marriage who falls madly in love with Marguerite, a New...
$17.95
D.C. Noir 2: The Classics (Akashic Noir)
Classic reprints from: Edward P. Jones, George Pelecanos, Paul Laurence Dunbar, Richard Wright, Langston Hughes, James Grady, Julian Mayfield, Marita Golden, Elizabeth Hand, Julian Mazor, Ward Just, Jean Toomer, Roach Brown, Larry Neal, and others.George Pelecanos is an independent film...
$15.95
Caught Up (HB)
One of Library Journal's Best Books of 2015"Holmes...is a noted pioneering street lit author. His smooth-flowing narrative mixes crime, sex, and sassy street language, giving his protagonists a true life-in-the-streets feel. This will more than satisfy serious readers of urban fiction."--Library...
$23.95
Caught Up
"Holmes...is a noted pioneering street lit author. His smooth-flowing narrative mixes crime, sex, and sassy street language, giving his protagonists a true life-in-the-streets feel. This will more than satisfy serious readers of urban fiction."--Library Journal (Starred Review, Pick of the Month)"I...
$12.95
Brooklyn Noir 3: Nothing But the Truth (Akashic Noir)
Akashic Books continues its award-winning series of original noir anthologies, launched in 2004 with Brooklyn Noir. This volume presents the first nonfiction collection in the series, curated by acclaimed novelists Tim McLoughlin and Thomas Adcock.Brand-new stories by: Robert Leuci, Dennis Hawkins,...
$15.95
Brooklyn Noir 2: The Classics (Akashic Noir Anthologies)
On the heels of the stunning success of the Summer '04 award-winning bestseller Brooklyn Noir, this second volume digs deeper into the criminal history of New York's punchiest and most alluring borough. Brooklyn Noir 2 offers short stories by the classic authors who blazed the...
$16.95
Brooklyn Noir (Akashic Noir Anthologies)
Brooklyn Noir is on fire! It is an Edgar Award finalist for "The Book Signing" by Pete Hamill; winner of the MWA's Robert L. Fish Memorial Award for "Can't Catch Me" by Thomas Morrissey; a Shamus Award finalist for "Hasidic Noir"...
$15.95
Bronx Noir (Akashic Noir)
Fiction by Marlon James, Kevin Baker, and more: “Captures the immense diversity . . . from the mean streets of the South Bronx to affluent Riverdale” (Publishers Weekly). Set amid landmarks like Yankee Stadium and the Bronx Zoo, in crowded streets or leafy enclaves,...
$16.29
Boundaries
"Boundaries is told in spare and transcendent prose. [...] As always, Nunez delivers a unique and riveting perspective on Caribbean life as well as immigrant life in general."--The New York Amsterdam News"Many moments of elegant, overarching insight bind the personal...
$22.95
Black Orchid Blues
Lanie Price, a 1920s Harlem society columnist, witnesses the brutal nightclub kidnapping of the "Black Orchid," a sultry, seductive singer with a mysterious past. Price, a female 1920s version of Dominick Dunne, soon finds herself elbows-deep in a story in...
$15.95
Black Lotus 2: The Vow (HB)
After the death of a police officer, assassin Kahllah (aka the Black Lotus) is forced out of retirement in an attempt to clear her name while outrunning a mysterious enemy. "Black Lotus 2: The Vow is full of the cinematic action...
$24.95
Black Lotus 2: The Vow
After the death of a police officer, assassin Kahllah (aka the Black Lotus) is forced out of retirement in an attempt to clear her name while outrunning a mysterious enemy. "Black Lotus 2: The Vow is full of the cinematic action...
$14.95